Take a look around you.
You will see...
the grass, sprinkled and adorned with flowers and shimmering with morning dew... butterflies lighting on delicate blossoms...
Look at the food on your plate...
colorful, satisfying, refreshing and delightful.
Look at the birds in the sky...
soaring high and majestic, singing out of the bursting joy in their hearts, gently caring for their young and not worrying about whether or not there is enough to eat for the season... simply living each day, day by day.
Look at the people passing by,
each one displaying aspects of our Father:
His goodness, His kindness, His gentleness, His joy, His creativeness, His wisdom, His purity, His openess, His boldness, His jovialness... His love.
The world around us is filled with his splendor. Even the skies pour forth speech, declaring His greatness.
We were created with a propensity to see His glory and seek His glory. Even more, we were meant to reflect His glory. Yet, the more we choose not to respond to the glory reflected in His creation, the more we lose an appreciation for it. And so we ignore it and lose sight of all that He is and all we were created to be. We lose sight of hope and what life really means. We turn our backs on Him and continue to search for more and more ways... when the Way was clearly set out before us. He came and showed us exactly who the Father was and He waits for us to remember who He is, and where we're from... why we were created. He waits, longing to see us run to Him. He longs to hold us. To wrap us in His arms, whisper an I love you in our ears and plant a kiss on our soiled cheeks, as His tears wash the mire off of our face.
It's in His embrace, I find rest.
